HotCarl Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 I figured I would start a thread about some of my powdercaoting projects that I have done/started. I have over 3 bikes worth of stuff I want to powdercoat and I thought this would be an easy place for me to track my progress. Leave comments if you like. Quote
HotCarl Posted February 4, 2008 Author Report Posted February 4, 2008 Here are some that I did today. It is black chrome with 2 coats of translusent candy blue. Both powders came from columbia powders. Quote
HotCarl Posted February 4, 2008 Author Report Posted February 4, 2008 These I have posted before, but I'll put them in here anyways. They are mirror red single stage by eastwood. Quote
NitroTate Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 Looks good man. Kind of gives it a nice dark blue look instead of the brighter blue but still maintains the sheen underneath. I like it. Quote
HotCarl Posted February 4, 2008 Author Report Posted February 4, 2008 Here is my spray booth and oven, very hightech :biggrin: The spray booth is the best thing you can make if you are DIY person. It uses a house a/c filter and a shopvac to filter the air. It has made the whole process a lot easier and therefore a lot more fun. Quote
HotCarl Posted February 4, 2008 Author Report Posted February 4, 2008 Looks good man. Kind of gives it a nice dark blue look instead of the brighter blue but still maintains the sheen underneath. I like it. I'm very pleased with it. It is about the same color as the yz blue, but is still very chrome like in it's apperance. It took me a couple of tries to find the right colors I was after, and now that I have found it I have a virgine 2002 banshee to do. Quote
NitroTate Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 I'm very pleased with it. It is about the same color as the yz blue, but is still very chrome like in it's apperance. It took me a couple of tries to find the right colors I was after, and now that I have found it I have a virgine 2002 banshee to do. Cool, I did a banshee frame last night and holly crap are they big. I've owned a banshee for years but you don't really realize how big they are until you have to find a way to hang it up high from a chain with one hand! You have to be heman to do it... I ended up tarping off my oven and coating it inside the oven then removing the tarp without touching the frame so I could bake it. whew that was crazy! Quote
sheerider1026 Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 man. i have not been using a spray booth, no wonder i always have a mess to clean up!! lol. hey tate, what size oven did u say you had?? is it homemade? if os shoot me some tips, i need to make a bigger oven, and also how did u sandblast the frame? have a big sandblast cabinet?? Quote
NitroTate Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 man. i have not been using a spray booth, no wonder i always have a mess to clean up!! lol. hey tate, what size oven did u say you had?? is it homemade? if os shoot me some tips, i need to make a bigger oven, and also how did u sandblast the frame? have a big sandblast cabinet?? Check out this forum, I put a bunch of info and pics for my oven: http://www.bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?...=89599&st=0 I actually don't use a booth right now either, I'm going to build a collapsable one this summer when I have a little extra money. Quote
NitroTate Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 More pics Hotcarl!!! More pics! I love looking at coated projects and especially Banshee ones!! Quote
sheerider1026 Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 More pics Hotcarl!!! More pics! I love looking at coated projects and especially Banshee ones!! how do you sandblast frames though? also are you using the oven thermostat to control the heat? i am on the verge of making an oven. Quote
PSYKO Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 how do you sandblast frames though? also are you using the oven thermostat to control the heat? i am on the verge of making an oven. I just found a bunch of sandblasters at harbor freight, they sell media too...and its all pretty cheap. Good thread btw! Quote
sheerider1026 Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 I just found a bunch of sandblasters at harbor freight, they sell media too...and its all pretty cheap. Good thread btw! hey man, what size are the blast cabinets?? mine is big enough for a 18in rim or so.. i get my media here locally, 100lbs for 10 bucks Quote
NitroTate Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 how do you sandblast frames though? also are you using the oven thermostat to control the heat? i am on the verge of making an oven. I use the thermostat but the only real way to check temps is with an IR temp gun. You never want to go off of what temp the oven says, you go off of the temp that the part is. I usually use my blast cabinet but its just a little too small for a banshee frame. The frame came to me blasted but the guy missed a bunch of spots so i had to take my pot blaster out on the driveway and waste a little bit of aluminum oxide but not too bad. I'm not sure how you guys blast things but one thing you need to be very very careful of is playsand. I don't recommend using it! Silicosis is a VERY dangerous thing to be fucking around with. Just in case you didn't know... Quote
NitroTate Posted February 4, 2008 Report Posted February 4, 2008 Yeah, I have an harbor freight 50# pressure blaster and I only use aluminum oxide media 70 grit from harbor freight also. Quote
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